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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index.

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The sixth extinction -- ‡t The mastodon's molars -- ‡t The original penguin -- ‡t The luck of the ammonites -- ‡t Welcome to the Anthropocene -- ‡t The sea around us -- ‡t Dropping acid -- ‡t The forest and the trees -- ‡t Islands on dry land -- ‡t The new Pangaea -- ‡t The rhino gets an ultrasound -- ‡t The madness gene -- ‡t The thing with feathers.

Summary, etc.:

Draws on the work of geologists, botanists, marine biologists, and other researchers to discuss the five devastating mass extinctions on Earth and predicts the coming of a sixth.